sloppyjoe_gamer
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https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/12/01/jak-and-daxter-ps2-classics-available-for-download-on-ps4-december-6/
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Jak 2, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing for PS4 next week!
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Hmm, I wonder how they enhanced it. I have the ps3 collection still sitting sealed lol
trikster40
Member
Not to mention the classic PS2 boot up dynamic theme!!
Sosokrates
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Anything less then 4k 60fps on pro will be disappointing.
Unless they updated the emulator, I doubt 4k, but 60fps should be fine as these games targeted that in PS2.
Megatron
Member
Well Jak X racing isnt in that collection, so you may want to get that at least.
Z..
Member
Did I say that? It's not bad at all. It's absolutely mediocre, though (especially considering it came out 4 years after TMB). All 3 are. Jak 1 was the only legitimately good game they made that entire generation.
Oddvintagechap
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Koala Driving a Ferrari
Member
I love the retro theme too.
Woah. That will be the theme that resides on my PS4 until it dies. Now I want an OG Xbox dashboard theme for my Xbone.
I hope that Sony release a retail compilation of all of the enhanced PS2 Jak games on a bluray disc. I want to have these on my PS4 but I'd rather not buy them digitally.
Z..
Member
Spare me the subsersive rhetoric, they turned a great platformer into a grimy mechanical mess of a game targeted towards edgelords all because of GTA 3's massive success. The games have aged very poorly and are about as uninventive and derivative as it gets, gameplay wise. Ratchet and Sly games are still a joy to play today where as Jak 2 and 3 are completely pointless ventures unless you're revisiting them for nostalgic reasons.
Meanwhile, Jak X is completely pitiful compared to Crash Team Racing, the fact that it came out after Double Dash and Twisted Metal Black just makes it seem sad. If you want a fun combat driven racer for the PS2, Wacky Races and Looney Tunes Space Race are both significantly better games than Jak X and neither of them is anywhere near being great. The fact that both predate Jak X by 5 years is hilarious. If you want vehicular combat, Twisted Metal Black is several orders of magnitude better.
wipeout364
Member
I enjoyed these when they came out. I am going to try and not buy them as I know If I do buy them and they will sit in my library played for 15 minutes each.
I actually enjoyed Jak 2 at the time but it probably has aged terribly at this point. Jak 3 while better felt like the Jak and Daxter concept was just tired at that point. Jak X was a reasonably good MARIO kart for non Nintendo owning gamers.
I actually enjoyed Jak 2 at the time but it probably has aged terribly at this point. Jak 3 while better felt like the Jak and Daxter concept was just tired at that point. Jak X was a reasonably good MARIO kart for non Nintendo owning gamers.
I finished Jak 3 a few months ago and holy shit is that game hard. Most frustrated I've been with a game in so long, it has mission after mission of timed bullcrap that is just so easy to fuck up on and lose 5 minutes. Mildly enjoyable though.
Oh yea, and Daxter is completely unlikable. I like the game but man they are so many things working against it.
Oh yea, and Daxter is completely unlikable. I like the game but man they are so many things working against it.
MrTroubleMaker
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JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Do we know if they are enhanced/remastered at all?
SkeletonQuays
Member
Don't crucify me but I've never played ANY of these? How do they compare to games in similar genres like Ratchet and Clank?
There's a lot less strict action/exploration and a lot more racing, there's a lot of required racing missions in this game. It has guns but you find them, find ammo. It has a lot of minigames in it, no real currency other than the orbs which you use to unlock Ratchet-and-Clank style "Cheats" that mirror levels, give Jak a big head etc.
As similar as they are to Ratchet, they (2&3) are kind of the antithesis of the accessibility that defines R&C. They're somewhat fun though.
The characters aren't funny at all and are way too serious. R&C while not a pillar of game humor is way funnier and the cutscenes are actually watchable, contrasted with Jak where they give you the story and give you horrendous "comic relief" from daxter to sour the taste in your mouth.
thelastword
Banned
I hope Sony improved the Emulator for PS4 PRO.
Agent X
Member
They're not being "remastered"--they're the original PS2 versions running on an emulator on the PS4. That being said, they do gain some benefits from the emulator and the PS4 in general. They'll be rendered in higher resolution, and you can apply many PS4 OS features such as screen shot and video capture, Remote Play, and SharePlay.
Some people (such as NeoMetallix above) have noticed that the screen shots and video in the PS.Blog post were captured from a PS4 Pro. The text "4K images are from PS4 Pro" appears at the bottom of each screen shot. I suppose we'll all find out for sure in a few days!
Lionel Richie
Member
Not as good but pretty damn fun. The first Jak feels very much like a slightly less inspired Banjo-Kazooie, it's my favorite of the bunch. Sly still is the king out of the 3 anyway.
They're just getting the standard PS2 on PS4 treatment according to the PlayStation Blog.
Also...LeMatster said: said:
- Jak X doesn't have online multiplayer.
- You either buy the games as the four game bundle or as individual games, they are investigating a second bundle for people who already own the first game. Stay tuned.
- They haven't modified the camera controls so if there was no option to invert the camera originally, there still isn't.
Agent X
Member
It's good that they came out and clarified that on the PS.Blog. Even so, they should also remove that "4K images are from PS4 Pro" text from the screen shots, as that's rather deceptive.
True, but the original game also supported LAN play. I wonder if you could link up PS4 systems to play together, or even possibly link up a PS4 with a PS2.
Rndom Grenadez
Member
$40 bundle or $15 indivually though?!?
Hard pass
Hard pass
That's a nice thought but that is so off the table, I'd be pleasantly surprised if that was intact
bigDdestruction
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I agree, i'm playing through Jak 2 again, i haven't played it in years. I do think the actual platforming parts are tight and still a lot of fun. But i absolutely despise traversing the overworld and some of the lame escort missions, and racing ones. Jak 1 is still GOAT imo
These PS2 games are handled via backwards compatibility and they are improved over the original PS2 releases.
No, the price has been announced and listed here.
Lastgengamer
Member
No online for Jak X means a pass for me.
They're running on a PlayStation 2 emulator on a PlayStation 4. It's the very definition of "backwards compatibility".
Whether people are paying for these has nothing to do with the technicalities of how they work on the PlayStation 4.
thelastword
Banned
Yes, it would be a nice time to jump in, but I guess that would be much easier if they were remastered instead. I guess that's the downside there.
Ideally, these games should get the 4k native 60fps boost with TAA, hell, even 2160CB would have been jelly...
Not BC, doesn't matter how Sony is doing it, if they are charging money for it if you bought the game before its not BC. But awesome job explaining how sony has emulation intact but would rather charge people then actually put real BC on their console.
Like I said you fools would rather keep throwing money at sony then demand they use their already existing emulator giving actual BC.
Look, why must you always resort to calling people names when you're wrong about something? It doesn't strengthen what you're saying at all.
I'm more than happy to discuss backwards compatibility with you but until you actually understand the words that you're using there is little point in me trying to help you clear up your confusion on the matter that you raised.
It's technically not BC because they're updated versions that won't play on a PS2, if they were the same images that shipped when the game launched then that would be BC